I’m done with this game until it gets a reasonable amount of updates.
State it is in right now, i do not recommend it.
You’ll spend your time in it and have fun, yes, but the way i see it, there are similar better games in a better state out right now that you can play. (see Deep Rock Galactic)

This game is a mostly third person pve coop shooter. (You can switch to first person to aim)
You fight hordes of enemies with enough variety.
There are colossal enemies but once you figure them out, they’re not significant like boss fights in DRG.

You can customize your character, primary and secondary weapon, grenades, armor, and of course stratagems. All of these though need to be unlocked, and honestly the start of the game doesnt feel that good.
Some players enjoy progression and unlocking stuff, but here it ends up being an issue: early you wont have the tools you need to solve problems; later the progression becomes useless cause what you already have solves every problem. (i played all difficulties)
The good thing about it is the “battlepasses” are in game permanently, to be unlocked through the premium currency that you can earn in game. It takes a while, but its doable.
You can spend money to unlock a battlepass, but you'll still need in game currency to actually unlock the items inside the battlepass.

My biggest issue in this game is PERFORMANCE. This game came out 2 months ago. I have a 4060, and am playing on a 1080p monitor. This game often dips below 30 fps, sometimes even below 20 when there’s lots of stuff happening.
It might seem reasonable in higher difficulties, there’s big hordes right?
But it isn’t. Why would you develop a difficulty that tanks the game's performance so much?
At some point, helldive will become your standard difficulty.
You’ll have good equipment, know how to shoot enemies, and it’ll be the only interesting difficulty to play.
But it FRAMEDROPS SO MUCH. It runs terrible. I swapped around the graphical settings until i ended up setting everything to low, and i still got those terrible numbers.
This game SHOULD HAVE HAD DLSS. It’s super dumb that it doesn’t, cause the performance is terrible. I know they commented about “having more content over DLSS” but they’re wrong and its dumb to answer so, seeing the situation.

I’ve no idea what this game does in the background. All i know is that even before starting a round, just staying in the ship and watching in the same direction without moving, i regularly see FPS drop from 60 to 50 to 45 and back to 59. Why? What is happening? I’m not even moving.
Other than these framedrops, the game still crashes from time to time. Which is a big waste of people’s time, especially cause this game asks a lot of it.

I tried verifying game files through steam, and it OFTEN replaces files.
There is something wrong there.

Problems beyond performance:
Games take too long.
Operations are made up of 2-3 missions. The time taken by missions is based on their kind, but most missions take 30-40 minutes. Doing a full operation will take more than 1 hour, maybe 1 and a half.
That’s too much. If it were made up of playing, shooting, dodging, doing side missions i’d get it.
But most of your time will be spent WALKING. Going back to extraction made me feel like i was playing Dayz. A full 5 minutes of just walking back there.
Obviously you’re supposed to plan the path you’ll take so that you go through every side objective and end up at the extraction, but you still end up having to walk back and forth often.
This is boring and wasting time, in rounds already designed to be too long.

Community can be toxic, but it’s mostly fine. I’ve had a few experiences of friendly fire, or everyone being kicked before the end of the game. Something should be put in to prevent this. Right now you’re better off hosting your own games, and then you’ll have no problems.

Most stuff you unlock is useless. You’ll end up finding stuff you like, and then 80% of the unlocks you’ll never use. Once i found a primary i liked, all the others became pointless.
Same for stratagems. I ended up doing everything with a quasar cannon, so that always had to come. The rover guard dog too, as it would kill small enemies while i ran. That left only 2 slots for stratagems. Of course, that’s my preference, but i still think most people would agree that 50% of stratagems are very situational or straight up less useful than others.

The tutorial is very lacking. I had to discover the different gun modes and the communication wheel by myself. I think this is a issue for many, cause in my experience i found maybe 2 players using comms.

The “match browser” is terrible. You can’t tell me there’s 20k people playing on a planet and then show me at best 20 games total across all difficulties, with so many of them having japanese or chinese players. I’ve nothing against this people, but there’s too much lagg playing with them. This game needs a refresh button, cause right now it feels like there’s maybe 40 people playing.


This is my wall-of-text review done. The game is fun and memey, but it does have many big issues that other similar games don’t. The game will probably get many updates and fixes in the future, but right now it’s been the umpteenth game that releases with bad performance on launch.
This is not fine, and if your game runs so bad nowadays, then you should have DLSS.
It shouldn’t be like this but it is, and “focusing on content” isn’t a good answer for not having it.
Do both.

I’m done with this game until it gets a reasonable amount of updates. State it is in right now, i do not recommend it. You’ll spend your time in it and have fun, yes, but the way i see it, there are similar better games in a better state out right now that you can play. (see Deep Rock Galactic) This game is a mostly third person pve coop shooter. (You can switch to first person to aim) You fight hordes of enemies with enough variety. There are colossal enemies but once you figure them out, they’re not significant like boss fights in DRG. You can customize your character, primary and secondary weapon, grenades, armor, and of course stratagems. All of these though need to be unlocked, and honestly the start of the game doesnt feel that good. Some players enjoy progression and unlocking stuff, but here it ends up being an issue: early you wont have the tools you need to solve problems; later the progression becomes useless cause what you already have solves every problem. (i played all difficulties) The good thing about it is the “battlepasses” are in game permanently, to be unlocked through the premium currency that you can earn in game. It takes a while, but its doable. You can spend money to unlock a battlepass, but you'll still need in game currency to actually unlock the items inside the battlepass. My biggest issue in this game is PERFORMANCE. This game came out 2 months ago. I have a 4060, and am playing on a 1080p monitor. This game often dips below 30 fps, sometimes even below 20 when there’s lots of stuff happening. It might seem reasonable in higher difficulties, there’s big hordes right? But it isn’t. Why would you develop a difficulty that tanks the game's performance so much? At some point, helldive will become your standard difficulty. You’ll have good equipment, know how to shoot enemies, and it’ll be the only interesting difficulty to play. But it FRAMEDROPS SO MUCH. It runs terrible. I swapped around the graphical settings until i ended up setting everything to low, and i still got those terrible numbers. This game SHOULD HAVE HAD DLSS. It’s super dumb that it doesn’t, cause the performance is terrible. I know they commented about “having more content over DLSS” but they’re wrong and its dumb to answer so, seeing the situation. I’ve no idea what this game does in the background. All i know is that even before starting a round, just staying in the ship and watching in the same direction without moving, i regularly see FPS drop from 60 to 50 to 45 and back to 59. Why? What is happening? I’m not even moving. Other than these framedrops, the game still crashes from time to time. Which is a big waste of people’s time, especially cause this game asks a lot of it. I tried verifying game files through steam, and it OFTEN replaces files. There is something wrong there. Problems beyond performance: Games take too long. Operations are made up of 2-3 missions. The time taken by missions is based on their kind, but most missions take 30-40 minutes. Doing a full operation will take more than 1 hour, maybe 1 and a half. That’s too much. If it were made up of playing, shooting, dodging, doing side missions i’d get it. But most of your time will be spent WALKING. Going back to extraction made me feel like i was playing Dayz. A full 5 minutes of just walking back there. Obviously you’re supposed to plan the path you’ll take so that you go through every side objective and end up at the extraction, but you still end up having to walk back and forth often. This is boring and wasting time, in rounds already designed to be too long. Community can be toxic, but it’s mostly fine. I’ve had a few experiences of friendly fire, or everyone being kicked before the end of the game. Something should be put in to prevent this. Right now you’re better off hosting your own games, and then you’ll have no problems. Most stuff you unlock is useless. You’ll end up finding stuff you like, and then 80% of the unlocks you’ll never use. Once i found a primary i liked, all the others became pointless. Same for stratagems. I ended up doing everything with a quasar cannon, so that always had to come. The rover guard dog too, as it would kill small enemies while i ran. That left only 2 slots for stratagems. Of course, that’s my preference, but i still think most people would agree that 50% of stratagems are very situational or straight up less useful than others. The tutorial is very lacking. I had to discover the different gun modes and the communication wheel by myself. I think this is a issue for many, cause in my experience i found maybe 2 players using comms. The “match browser” is terrible. You can’t tell me there’s 20k people playing on a planet and then show me at best 20 games total across all difficulties, with so many of them having japanese or chinese players. I’ve nothing against this people, but there’s too much lagg playing with them. This game needs a refresh button, cause right now it feels like there’s maybe 40 people playing. This is my wall-of-text review done. The game is fun and memey, but it does have many big issues that other similar games don’t. The game will probably get many updates and fixes in the future, but right now it’s been the umpteenth game that releases with bad performance on launch. This is not fine, and if your game runs so bad nowadays, then you should have DLSS. It shouldn’t be like this but it is, and “focusing on content” isn’t a good answer for not having it. Do both.